Talk is cheap going to need proof. I do not care about missionaries stop putting words in my mouth. Clearly I hit a nail right in the head when I brought up that the only reason you worship a christian god is because of your upbringing.
Instead of acknowledging that your beliefs are not your own but merely instructed to believe them at a young impressionable age you begin deflecting the conversation towards my upbringing. Clearly upset over the fact that its true.
Just admit it already your christianity is as real as 1000's of other religions and the people who where groomed to believe them. It will be a weight of your shoulders. Then you can begin your journey as an independent thinker.
Here is an example of what you can do when you begin using your own thought. Bible can be summarized into a simple step "don't be a dick". No need to threaten people with eternal damnation or fabricate a non existent problem of sin and then offer a non existent solution belief in magical jesus. Just one step, its free and real no need to pray to any invisible entity.
Now you try to think independently.
God has revealed himself through His Son, Jesus. Let's talk about not just my upbringing but the upbringing of other people's testimonies. Sure they said that they were brought up in a Christian Household but around the late teenage Years they have all said the same thing, which is them asking "Is what I have been told my whole life really true?" So they think for themselves. They are starting University around this age and they join a Bible Study Group. It is here they ask the questions and then they join a week long camp full of University students during the break. It is at the camp where their belief is truly solidified. These are the people who went out with the other believers and asked all the questions, saw how the Christians lived out their daily lives and were truly transformed.
So when you say it is based on upbringing that is only half true. There comes a time when that child grows up and starts thinking for themselves and starts questioning all they learned. Yet what if at this point in time the Gospel still held up? The key difference between Christianity and all the other Religions? It's that Christianity will encourage you to question as it will have an answer at every point brought up. No doubt you have seen how we can respond to you with any Bible verse. Other Religions the people are told not to ask questions or question what it is they were brought up. Imagine that you are told that you cannot question Quran 4:34 where it talks about Husbands able to Strike the wife?
You can talk about how the Bible can be summarized into a simple step "don't be a dick". Have you seen the world today? Are you even aware of the war in Ukraine and Russia? Are you even aware of the war in Iran taking place right now, causing oil prices to skyrocket? You can try to talk about how we don't need the Bible to be good but the state of the world right now greatly disagrees with you. I would much rather go by what the reality of the ground says as opposed to what someone from New Zealand has said on a forum.
You want me to think independently? Alright, here is me thinking independently by doing some critical research over the years. Now to ask you the question that nobody I asked has been able to answer. Tell me again how I don't think independently?
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